World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1866 - 432 pages |
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... tion . The greatest minds , as well as those of a less lofty type , have their happy moments , in which they put forth their best efforts ; and a collection of these rare thoughts , is , of course , nothing less than a cabinet of ...
... tion . The greatest minds , as well as those of a less lofty type , have their happy moments , in which they put forth their best efforts ; and a collection of these rare thoughts , is , of course , nothing less than a cabinet of ...
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... tion from an author's book to his conversation , is too often like an entrance into a large city , after a distant prospect . Remotely we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces , and imagine it the residence of ...
... tion from an author's book to his conversation , is too often like an entrance into a large city , after a distant prospect . Remotely we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces , and imagine it the residence of ...
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... tion of liberality , done to a man of reason , doth grow contin- ually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais . BENEFITS JUDGED BY THE INTENTION . - There needs no greater subtlety to prove that both benefits and ...
... tion of liberality , done to a man of reason , doth grow contin- ually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais . BENEFITS JUDGED BY THE INTENTION . - There needs no greater subtlety to prove that both benefits and ...
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... tion of books not only distracts choice , but disappoints in- quiry . To him that hath moderately stored his mind with images , few writers afford any novelty ; or what little they have to add to the common stock of learning is so ...
... tion of books not only distracts choice , but disappoints in- quiry . To him that hath moderately stored his mind with images , few writers afford any novelty ; or what little they have to add to the common stock of learning is so ...
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... tion of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . COMMERCE . - A well - regulated commerce is not , like law , physis , or divinity , to be overstocked with hands ; but , on the contrary ...
... tion of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants , and admiration of fools . - Steele . COMMERCE . - A well - regulated commerce is not , like law , physis , or divinity , to be overstocked with hands ; but , on the contrary ...
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